Former Moroccan PM Threatens to Quit Party Over Medical Cannabis Bill

"If the general secretariat of the PJD or the PJD parliamentary group votes in favor of the bill relating to the medical or other use of cannabis, I will definitively leave the party," the former secretary general of the Lamp party told Le360. "If one of them votes for it, I will resign from the party," he warned.

These statements by Benkirane come a few days after the government council announced that it would adopt a bill relating to the use of cannabis for medical purposes. This announcement follows the new recommendations of the WHO, including the one relating to the removal of cannabis from Schedule IV of substances with a high potential for abuse and no significant therapeutic value.

According to the Minister of the Interior, the use of cannabis will be governed and regulated by a specialized National Agency, so that Morocco can derive a real economic opportunity from it.